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Parasitic on various shrubs and herbs in low meadows, thickets and 

 open swamps, Nova Scotia to Manitoba and Montana, south to Florida 

 and Texas. Flowering in July and August. 



In most localities this is the commonest species of Dodder, although 

 in some places there are to be found other species, especially C u s c u t a 

 compacta Jussieu; the Flax Dodder (Cuscuta epilinum 

 Weihe), always upon flax; and the Clover Dodder (Cuscuta epithy- 

 m u m Murray) usually upon clover. 



Phlox Family 



Polemoniaceae 

 Garden Phlox 



Phlox paniculata Linnaeus 



Plate 177 



Stems stout or slender, erect, simple or somewhat branched above, 

 smooth or slightly pubescent, i to 5 feet tall, usually several stems from 

 a perennial root. Leaves opposite, entire, thin, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 long pointed at the apex, usually narrowed at the base, 2 to 6 inches long, 

 one-half to i^ inches wide. Flowers in dense, terminal, paniculate clusters, 

 forming an inflorescence 3 to 12 inches long; calyx with five small, slender 

 teeth; corolla pink, purple or white, about an inch long, consisting of a 

 slender tube and an expanded limb with five obovate lobes, the limb one- 

 half to two-thirds of an inch broad. Fruit a small, oval, blunt capsule. 



In woods and thickets, native from Pennsylvania to Illinois, south 

 to Florida, Louisiana and Kansas. Common in cultivation. Freely 

 escaping from gardens, and established in the northeastern states. In 

 cultivation consisting of many varieties, differing in leaf form, size and 

 color of flowers and in pubescence. Flowering from July to September. 



Ground or Moss Pink 



Phlox subulata Linnaeus 



Plate 178 



Stems densely tufted and extensively branched, forming mats, often 

 of considerable extent, pubescent or nearly smooth. Leaves linear-lanceo- 



